The Military Institute of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic ( ky, Кыргыз Республикасынын Куралдуу Күчтөрүнүн Аскердик институтунун, russian: Военная институт Вооруженных Сил Кыргызской Республики) is the main military academy of the

Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east ...

. which prepares highly qualified officers for the General Staff of Armed Forces.

History

In December 1941, the Odessa Military Aviation Pilots School was relocated to Frunze (now Bishkek), the capital of the

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. Many graduates of the school were sent to form the 651st Fighter Aviation Regiment. In June 1947, the school was renamed the Frunze Military School of Pilots of the

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. It was originally base in an area which is today the Russian Air Force's Kant air base in the

Ysyk-Ata District Ysyk-Ata District ( ky, Ысык-Ата району, russian: Ысык–Атинский район) is one of the eight districts of the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan with an area of . The district's resident population was 154,340 in ...

of the Chüy Region. From 1945 to 1947, 2,573 fighter pilots were trained. In 1995, the school was renamed the Bishkek Military Aviation Airborne Technical School. Between 1994 and 2000, the school produced 535 senior officers for aviation specialties. Since 1998, border officer training has operated among the cadets of BVALTU. On August 15, 2000, the Bishkek Military Aviation Aircraft Technical School was transformed into the Bishkek Higher Military School, and in 2005 it was renamed in honor Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant-General . In 2009, by decree of President

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, the Bishkek Higher Military School was transformed into the Military Institute of the Armed Forces with a new training term of 5 years.

Cadet life

Students at the institute with high academic grades are entitled to a stipend of about 12 dollars.

Building

The building of the institute is located on

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Street in Bishkek. In a meeting with the Kyrgyz ambassador in 2018, Turkish Minister of National Defense

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announced that Turkey would allocate money for construction of a new building of the institute.

Activities

On 4 February 2019, a meeting timed to coincide with the 76th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad was held at the Russian Center of Science and Culture, with guests including cadets and teachers at the institute. A contingent of cadets from the institute a planned to take part in a

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on 9 May 2020. This plan was later scrapped in favor of sending cadets of the institute under the command of its Deputy Head, Colonel Bekkazy Tumenbaev, to

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to participate in the

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During the parade, it carried the combat banner of the

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Organization

The Military Institute has 4-year program of study with the end result being the attainment of the rank of

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(''лейтенант'') as well as a

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in the following specialties: *Tactical training *Technical training *Fire training *Humanitarian disciplines *Physical training and sports *Natural Science Disciplines *National and foreign languages (study of

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, French and Turkish) *Border Activities In September 2013, the institute opened a class for the study of the Russian language within the framework of the Grant Agreement allocated by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

Notable alumni and people associated with the school

* Hafez al-Assad, 18th

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, 4th

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* Ahmed Husseinn, Commander of the Air Force of Mozambique * Air Marshal Dilbah Singh, Commander of the Indian Air Force from 1981 to 1984. * Shakeeb Khobani, South Yemeni Brigadier Pilot *

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, Chief of the

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Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa ( mn, Жүгдэрдэмидийн Гүррагчаа; russian: Жугдэрдэмидийн Гуррагча, , born 5 December 1947) is a Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader. He was the first Mongolian and seco ...

, the first

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n in space and Defense Minister of Mongolia from 2000-2004. *

Abibilla Kudayberdiev Abibilla Kudayberdiev (Kyrgyz and Russian: Абибилла Кудайбердиев born June 1, 1962) is the former Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan. Biography He was born on June 1, 1962 in the Nookat District, in the city of Osh. In 1983 ...

, former Minister of Defense and reactor of the institute from 2008 to 2009. * Artur Temirov, former Commander of the

and rector of the institute * Ruslan Sharshembiev, head of the institute and former Commandant of the Bishkek Garrison File:The Kyrgyzstan Defence Minister, Maj. Gen. Abibilla Kudaberdiev paying homage to the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti, in New Delhi on September 09, 2011.jpg, Abibilla Kudaberdiev rendering a

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at Amar Jawan Jyoti in

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, 9 September 2011. File:Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa.jpeg,

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References

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